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The first foundation I am calling “The Exchanged Life” and it
came from a man named Hudson Taylor, a missionary to China.
He was a missionary for many years before he discovered
Christ as his life. When he discovered Christ as his life he
called it the “exchanged life”. The reason why I like that is
because it presents Jesus as a substitute. Usually we say,
“When Jesus died on the cross He was my substitute. He died
in my place.” I think all true Christians know that He died in
my place. But some Christians do not know that now He wants
to live in my place. He wants to live as my substitute.

For years I was taught that I should live for the Lord. Then God
discovered to me that He wants to live for Himself. He doesn’t
want me to live for Him. He wants to live in me. It’s a
wonderful reality and it changed my life. So, we’re going to be
speaking about that exchange; His life in place of my life.

To do this I would like to present two great truths. We will be
going back to the beginning. I want to show you Christ as the
last Adam and as the second man. When we finish that, I’d like
to show you what it looked like when Christ lived on earth. In
order to see Christ as the last Adam I want to show you a verse
that claims He is Adam. Romans 5:14, “Nevertheless death
reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who had not
sinned in the likeness of the offense of Adam, who is a type of
Him who was to come.” And also in 1 Corinthians 15:45, “So
also it is written, ‘The first man, Adam, became a living soul.’
The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.” The Bible is careful
not to call Him the second Adam. Second implies third and
third implies fourth, and so on. By calling Him the last Adam,
none can follow. With Jesus that picture ends.

1 Corinthians 15:47, “The first man is from the earth, earthy;
the second man is from heaven.” He is called the second man
because other men will follow. That is us. In order to see this
I’d like to go back to the beginning in Genesis 1:26&27, “Then
God said, ‘Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our
likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the